The region had a fantastic autumn break after a dry finish to summer with above average rain falling in March and April which set up good pasture growth across the farms.

May saw a cold snap whip through the NSW Tablelands with a good 10 cm of snow turning Mulloon Creek into a winter wonderland.

Autumn has been a busy period with weaning, cattle sales, preg testing, autumn calving, biodynamic spraying, plenty of fencing and a fresh batch of chickens to the paddock.

Coming into the colder months we’ll be working hard to keep our chickens laying and maintaining plenty of feed ahead of our main cattle calving.

March saw the arrival of the Nabel team from Japan who installed and commissioned our new state of the art egg grading machine. This highly specialised and computerised grader has the ability to process up to 30,000 eggs per hour and will wash, sanitize, grade and pack our eggs with minimal intervention.

Other major projects soon to be completed by MCNF include the installation of solar panels and battery storage that will see ‘Duralla’ become 100% off grid and well on its way to becoming carbon neutral.

Installation of our own feed mill and further developments towards producing a more sustainable and regenerative poultry feed. This will include black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) to our 100% chemical free and total natural diet. Unlike commercial feeds our poultry feed will contain no additives that poultry would not naturally consume.

Extension to our brooder shed is also nearing completion and this will allow for greater capacity into the future to meet the solid demand for Mulloon Creek eggs.

Keep an eye out for our upgraded egg cartons that uses a different colour scheme for each egg size.

As always you can stay up to date with what’s happening on the farms through our Instagram @mullooncreeknaturalfarms